Useful Lifestyle Contact Details And Website Links

Leisure - Office - Hairdresser - Watch Repair - Stationery

On this web page is a list of website links and contact details of professionals and shops you might want to consider visiting/contacting for the purpose of staying in Budapest for a while
and/or recommending to your potential tenants/tourists.

When I first went to Budapest I wondered where I could find a good hairdresser, bicycle shop, book shop, stationer, watch repairer and so on. After trial and error, and some help from
Tünde, I found the shops and services I needed (below). Hopefully you will find these resources as useful as me.

Alexandra (Book Shop)

Alexandra Bookstore (Alexandra Könyvesház), dotted around Budapest, is where I bought a
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from, for 990 HUF (£2.64). Get the city map version, as opposed to the standard street map version, as it shows tourist locations/landmarks. Incidently, you might think maps are sold
everywhere, especially in the city centre, but they are not!

Whether you need commercial printing done (i.e. leaflets for your self-employed business) or just basic stationery needs (i.e. photos, calendar, photocopies, envelopes and printing),
Budapest Nyomda (located in District 7) is a print shop that can do many things at affordable prices.

Asia Diszkont Kft (Discount Mini-Supermarket)

This place is great and has friendly staff. They sell branded goods at discoounted prices. As an example, I bought a Coca-Cola from the city centre for 350 HUF but here I got it for 170 HUF only. Chocolates were
much cheaper than in the UK too. Brand name cosmestics and household goods were also greatly discounted.

Definitely visit this place as a tourist or as a resident if you want serious discounts

Decathlon (Sports Shop)

This place is great for those needing personal gym equipment in their home, such as dumbbells and weights. It is where I bought my set of 10KG Dumbbells, sold in a nice hard plastic carry
case, for 11,800 HUF (£31.46). It worked out cheaper to get the set rather than individual weights, but obviously if you need individual weights.....

Decathlon is a great place to buy personal/household sports equipment

Running machines, weight benches, stair masters, skipping ropes and sports clothing are among the items you can buy in-store. They do a range of mountain bikes too.